N-CSRS 1 a_collateralinv.htm JOHN HANCOCK COLLATERAL INVESTMENT TRUST a_collateralinv.htm
UNITED STATES 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20549 
 
FORM N-CSR 
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED 
 
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES 
 
Investment Company Act file number 811-22303 
 
John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 
 
601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) 
 
Michael J. Leary
Treasurer
 
601 Congress Street 
 
Boston, Massachusetts 02210 
 
(Name and address of agent for service) 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-663-4490 
 
Date of fiscal year end:  December 31 
 
Date of reporting period:  June 30, 2011 

 

ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.






John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust

Table of Contents   
 
Your expenses  Page 3 
Portfolio summary  Page 4 
Portfolio of investments  Page 5 
Financial statements  Page 10 
Financial highlights  Page 13 
Notes to financial statements  Page 14 
Board Considerations Disclosure  Page 18 
More Information  Page 21 

 

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Your expenses

These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing operating expenses.

Understanding your fund expenses

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs:

Transaction costs which include sales charges (loads) on purchases or redemption (if appilicable), minimum account fee charge, etc.

Ongoing operating expenses including management fees, distribution and service fees (if applicable), and other fund expenses.

We are going to present only your ongoing operating expenses here.

Actual expenses/actual returns

This example is intended to provide information about your fund’s actual ongoing operating expenses, and is based on your fund’s actual return. It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on January 1, 2011 with the same investment held until June 30, 2011.

  Account value  Ending value  Expenses paid during 
  on 1-1-11  on 6-30-11  period ended 6-30-111 

Common       
Shares  $1,000.00  $1,001.30  $0.25 

 

Together with the value of your account, you may use this information to estimate the operating expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value at June 30, 2011, by $1,000.00, then multiply it by the “expenses paid” for your share class from the table above. For example, for an account value of $8,600.00, the operating expenses should be calculated as follows:

Example

[ My account value $8,600.00 / $1,000.00 = 8.6 ] x $[ “expenses paid” from table ] = My actual expenses

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

This table allows you to compare your fund’s ongoing operating expenses with those of any other fund. It provides an example of the Fund’s hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each class’s actual expense ratio and an assumed 5% annualized return before expenses (which is not your fund’s actual return). It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on January 1, 2011, with the same investment held until June 30, 2011. Look in any other fund shareholder report to find its hypothetical example and you will be able to compare these expenses.

  Account value  Ending value  Expenses paid during 
  on 1-1-11  on 6-30-11  period ended 6-30-111 

Common       
Shares  $1,000.00  $1,024.50  $0.25 

 

Remember, these examples do not include any security transaction costs, therefore, these examples will not help you to determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included, your expenses would have been higher. See the prospectus for details regarding transaction costs.

1 Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of 0.05%, for the Fund's shares, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Portfolio Summary

Top 10 Issuers1  Yield*  Percentage of Net Assets (43.0% 
    of Net Assets on 6-30-11) 
Sanofi-Aventis SA   
10/14/11 to 03/28/12  0.200 to 0.370%  6.6% 
General Electric Capital Corp.   
08/15/11 to 04/10/12  0.331 to 5.875%  6.4% 
Bank of Nova Scotia   
07/01/11 to 01/05/12  0.040 to 0.330%  5.3% 
Royal Bank of Canada   
12/02/11 to 04/05/12  0.265 to 0.320%  4.0% 
Falcon Asset Securitization Company LLC   
07/06/11 to 07/12/11  0.130 to 0.210%  3.7% 
Credit Suisse USA, Inc.   
08/16/11 to 01/15/12  0.461 to 6.500%  3.6% 
Societe Generale   
02/10/12 to 03/01/12  0.747 to 0.804%  3.5% 
Wachovia Corp.   
10/15/11 to 04/23/12  0.404 to 5.300%  3.4% 
Jupiter Securitization Company LLC   
07/07/11 to 07/18/11  0.130 to 0.210%  3.3% 
Wells Fargo & Company   
08/26/11 to 06/15/12  0.364 to 5.300%  3.2% 

 

Sector Composition1,2   
Financials   
Commercial Banks  26% 
Diversified Financial Services  16% 
Capital Markets  14% 
Consumer Finance  3% 
Health Care  9% 
Industrials  9% 
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations  8% 
Consumer Staples  5% 
Asset Backed Securities  4% 
Materials  2% 
Consumer Discretionary  2% 
Information Technology  1% 
Telecommunication Services  1% 
 
 
Portfolio Composition1,2   
Corporate Interest-Bearing Obligations  57% 
Commercial Paper  31% 
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations  8% 
Asset Backed Securities  4% 

 

1 As a percentage of net assets on 6-30-11.

2 Sector investing is subject to greater risks than the market as a whole. Because the Fund may focus on particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors.

* Yield represents either the annualized yield at the date of purchase, the stated coupon rate or, for floating rate securities, the rate at period end.

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John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust
As of 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

Maturity Date  Yield* (%)  Par value  Value 
 
Asset Backed Securities 3.85% $219,103,083 

(Cost $218,970,895)   
 
BMW Vehicle Lease Trust, Series 2009-1, Class A3 
03/15/12  2.910  $451,575  452,080 
BMW Vehicle Lease Trust, Series 2011-1, Class A1 
04/20/12  0.289  20,457,645  20,475,764 
CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2010-C, Class A1 
12/09/11  0.427  10,525,158  10,526,492 
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2011-A, Class A1 (S) 
02/15/12  0.289  6,708,941  6,709,065 
Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2010-3, Class A1 
10/21/11  0.310  958,110  958,292 
Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2011-2, Class A1 
06/18/12  0.251  39,938,896  39,972,568 
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2011-A, Class A1 
02/15/12  0.318  21,587,344  21,596,100 
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2011-B, Class A1 
05/15/12  0.248  28,000,000  28,014,470 
John Deere Owner Trust, Series 2011-A, Class A1 
05/11/12  0.306  67,115,466  67,173,373 
Nissan Auto Lease Trust, Series 2010-B, Class A1 
11/15/11  0.317  3,961,800  3,962,332 
Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2010-A, Class A1 
10/17/11  0.356  222,348  222,382 
Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2011-A, Class A1 
04/16/12  0.261  19,038,124  19,040,165 
 
Commercial Paper 31.77%  $1,810,171,859 

(Cost $1,810,268,435)   
 
Amsterdam Funding Corp. 
07/01/11  0.050  $6,000,000  6,000,000 
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. 
11/08/11  0.288  60,000,000  59,884,200 
Bank of Nova Scotia 
07/01/11  0.040  100,000,000  100,000,000 
BNP Paribas Finance, Inc. 
07/01/11  0.040  24,500,000  24,500,000 
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 
07/01/11  0.070  45,000,000  45,000,000 
Deutsche Bank Financial LLC 
10/06/11  0.460  30,000,000  29,979,300 
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 
07/11/11 to 07/12/11  0.150  118,800,000  118,795,248 
Falcon Asset Securitization Company LLC 
07/06/11 to 07/12/11  0.130 to 0.210  212,100,000  212,096,508 

 

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John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust
As of 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

Maturity Date  Yield* (%)  Par value  Value 
 
Commercial Paper (continued)   

Govco LLC 
07/08/11 to 08/19/11  0.200 to 0.230  $160,000,000  $159,977,450 
Jupiter Securitization Company LLC 
07/07/11 to 07/18/11  0.130 to 0.210  187,299,000  187,286,943 
Nestle Capital Corp. 
08/26/11  0.160  150,000,000  149,980,500 
Novartis Finance Corp. 
07/01/11 to 07/05/11  0.060 to 0.080  84,000,000  83,999,550 
Novartis Securities Investment Ltd. 
11/14/11  0.190  20,600,000  20,579,812 
Sanofi-Aventis SA 
10/14/11 to 12/16/11  0.200 to 0.370  167,700,000  167,495,464 
Starbird Funding Corp. 
07/05/11 to 08/01/11  0.140 to 0.220  154,175,000  154,158,694 
State Street Corp. 
07/11/11 to 10/21/11  0.260 to 0.320  125,000,000  124,955,500 
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 
07/05/11 to 09/13/11  0.350 to 0.380  100,000,000  99,984,000 
Unilever Capital Corp. 
07/08/11  0.090  65,500,000  65,498,690 
 
Corporate Interest-Bearing Obligations 55.85%  $3,181,876,298 

(Cost $3,182,333,981) 
 
American Honda Finance Corp. (P)(S) 
12/09/11 to 02/07/12  0.318 to 0.502  $98,800,000  98,553,510 
AT&T Mobility LLC 
12/15/11  6.500  43,855,000  44,973,829 
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. (P)(S) 
10/21/11  0.573  63,500,000  63,554,356 
Bank of America Corp. 
08/15/11  5.375  7,800,000  7,841,067 
Bank of America Corp. (P) 
08/15/11  0.361  15,000,000  15,000,450 
Bank of Nova Scotia (P) 
12/08/11 to 01/05/12  0.290 to 0.330  200,000,000  200,222,900 
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 
01/24/12  0.650  100,000,000  100,132,000 
BellSouth Corp. 
10/15/11  6.000  3,966,000  4,026,240 
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 
10/12/11 to 02/15/12  5.125 to 5.750  71,134,000  72,779,853 
CIBC Capital Funding IV LP (P)(S) 
01/31/12  0.413  81,000,000  80,650,161 

 

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John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust
As of 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

Maturity Date  Yield* (%)  Par value  Value 
 
Corporate Interest-Bearing Obligations (continued)     

Credit Suisse USA, Inc.  
08/16/11 to 01/15/12  5.500 to 6.500  $109,138,000  $111,721,942 
Credit Suisse USA, Inc. (P)  
08/16/11  0.461  91,150,000  91,174,519 
Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY (P)  
04/03/12  0.385  100,000,000  100,000,000 
General Electric Capital Corp.  
02/15/12 to 04/10/12  4.375 to 5.875  149,112,000  153,867,162 
General Electric Capital Corp. (P)  
08/15/11 to 04/10/12  0.331 to 0.596  200,834,000  201,009,220 
International Business Machines Corp. (P)  
07/28/11 to 06/15/12  0.277 to 0.853  76,515,000  76,545,789 
John Deere Capital Corp.  
10/17/11 to 03/15/12  5.400 to 7.000  43,675,000  44,469,878 
JPMorgan Chase & Company (P)  
12/21/11 to 02/22/12  0.349 to 0.372  65,010,000  65,040,417 
Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc. (P)  
07/25/11  0.474  53,510,000  53,520,916 
Morgan Stanley (P)  
01/09/12  0.540  46,450,000  46,500,027 
PepsiCo, Inc.  
05/15/12  5.150  6,462,000  6,726,431 
PepsiCo, Inc. (P)  
07/15/11  0.308  63,010,000  63,013,466 
Pfizer, Inc.  
03/15/12  4.450  46,613,000  47,941,098 
Procter & Gamble International Funding SCA  
08/26/11  1.350  10,000,000  10,013,800 
Rabobank Nederland NV (P)(S)  
08/05/11 to 01/26/12  0.287 to 0.474  38,790,000  38,798,669 
Royal Bank of Canada (P)  
12/02/11 to 04/05/12  0.265 to 0.320  228,000,000  227,952,440 
Sanofi-Aventis SA (P)  
03/28/12  0.296  207,400,000  207,438,020 
Societe Generale (P)  
02/10/12 to 03/01/12  0.747 to 0.804  200,000,000  199,954,400 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (P)  
08/05/11 to 02/06/12  0.450 to 0.693  128,947,000  128,951,871 
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. (P)  
12/14/11  0.320  50,000,000  50,018,250 
UBS AG (P)  
02/23/12  1.359  167,200,000  168,255,366 
Wachovia Corp.  
10/15/11  5.300  5,000,000  5,066,335 

 

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John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust
As of 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

Maturity Date  Yield* (%)  Par value  Value 
 
Corporate Interest-Bearing Obligations (continued) 

Wachovia Corp. (P)  
10/15/11 to 04/23/12  0.404 to 0.408  $190,304,000  $190,427,129 
Wells Fargo & Company  
08/26/11  5.300  10,000,000  10,067,640 
Wells Fargo & Company (P)  
01/24/12  0.364  159,530,000  159,630,823 
Westpac Banking Corp. (P)  
12/30/11  0.495  36,000,000  36,036,324 
 
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations 8.37%  $476,746,086 

(Cost $476,009,513)  
 
Bank of America Corp. (J)(P)  
06/22/12  0.447  $41,000,000  41,110,454 
Citibank NA (J)(P)  
07/12/11 to 11/15/12  0.261 to 0.298  143,445,000  143,578,275 
Citigroup Funding, Inc. (J)(P)  
03/30/12  0.546  13,000,000  13,030,017 
Citigroup, Inc. (J)(P)  
12/09/11  0.990  22,340,000  22,429,002 
Federal Home Loan Bank  
04/27/12  0.400  25,000,000  25,002,225 
General Electric Capital Corp. (J)(P)  
03/12/12  0.450  10,000,000  10,027,890 
JPMorgan Chase & Company (J)(P)  
06/15/12 to 12/26/12  0.477 to 0.497  53,000,000  53,186,893 
Morgan Stanley (J)(P)  
02/10/12 to 06/20/12  0.450 to 0.597  55,000,000  55,164,872 
PNC Funding Corp. (J)(P)  
04/01/12  0.504  10,000,000  10,022,150 
State Street Bank & Trust Company (J)(P)  
09/15/11  0.447  10,000,000  10,007,460 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (J)(P)  
11/09/11 to 03/15/12  0.447 to 0.518  36,000,000  36,059,604 
The Huntington National Bank (J)(P)  
06/01/12  0.654  18,000,000  18,076,122 
U.S. Central Federal Credit Union (K)(P)  
10/19/11  0.275  23,000,000  23,007,682 
Union Bank NA (J)(P)  
03/16/12  0.445  6,000,000  6,012,270 
Wells Fargo & Company (J)(P)  
06/15/12  0.467  10,000,000  10,031,170 

 

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John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust
As of 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Par value  Value 
 
Short-Term Investments 0.00%    $200,000 

(Cost $200,000)     
 
Repurchase Agreement 0.00%    200,000 

Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated 6-30-11 at     
0.010% to be repurchased at $200,000 on 7-1-11, collateralized by     
$200,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.750% due 8-15-12 (valued at     
$204,750, including interest)  $200,000  200,000 
 
Total investments (Cost $5,687,782,824)† 99.84%    $5,688,097,326 

 
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.16%    $9,079,036 

 
Total net assets 100.00%  $5,697,176,362 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of that category as a percentage of the net assets of the Fund.

* Yield represents either the annualized yield at the date of purchase, the stated coupon rate or, for floating rate securities, the rate at period end.

(J) These securities are issued under the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program and are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation until the earlier of the maturity date or 6-30-12.

(K) This security is issued under the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Liquidity Guarantee Program and is insured by the National Credit Union Administration until maturity.

(P) Variable rate obligation. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.

(S) These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration.

† At 6-30-11, the aggregate cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes was $5,687,782,824. Net unrealized appreciation aggregated $314,502, of which $1,509,135 related to appreciated investment securities and $1,194,633 related to depreciated investment securities.

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John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust

Statement of Assets and Liabilities — June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

Assets   

Investments, at value (Cost $5,687,782,824)  $5,688,097,326 
Cash  2,445 
Interest receivable  10,574,746 
Other receivables and prepaid expenses  3,492 
 
Total assets  5,698,678,009 
 
Liabilities   

Distributions payable  1,388,889 
Payable to affiliates (Note 4)   
Chief compliance officer fees  2,876 
Transfer agent fees  16,551 
Trustees' fees  26,361 
Other liabilities and accrued expenses  66,970 
 
Total liabilities  1,501,647 
 
Net assets   

Capital paid-in  $5,696,975,223 
Accumulated distributions in excess of net   
investment income  (251,671) 
Accumulated net realized gain on investments  138,308 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on   
investments  314,502 
 
Net assets  $5,697,176,362 
 
Net asset value per share   

Based on 569,270,013 shares of beneficial   
interest outstanding - unlimited number of   
shares authorized with no par value  $10.01 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust

Statement of Operations — For the six month period ended June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

Investment income   

Interest  $11,450,795 
 
Expenses   

Investment management fees (Note 4)  1,215,390 
Administrative services fees (Note 4)  148,819 
Transfer agent fees (Note 4)  49,589 
Trustees' fees (Note 4)  63,551 
Professional fees  80,087 
Custodian fees  208,556 
Registration and filing fees  4,192 
Chief compliance officer fees (Note 4)  17,356 
Other  27,219 
 
Total expenses  1,814,759 
 
Net investment income  9,636,036 
 
 
Realized and unrealized gain   

Net realized gain on investments  185,613 
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation   
(depreciation) on investments  463,972 
 
 
Net realized and unrealized gain  649,585 
 
Increase in net assets from operations  $10,285,621 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

  Six months   
  ended   
  6/30/11  Year ended 
Increase (decrease) in net assets  (Unaudited)  12/31/10 

From operations     
Net investment income  $9,636,036  $17,283,696 
Net realized gain (loss)  185,613  (47,305) 
Change in net unrealized appreciation     
(depreciation)  463,972  (1,714,332) 
Increase in net assets resulting from     
operations  10,285,621  15,522,059 
 
Distributions to shareholders     
From net investment income  (9,642,879)  (17,391,310) 
From Fund share transactions (Note 5)  (1,059,046,109)  1,856,535,067 
 
Total increase (decrease)  (1,058,403,367)  1,854,665,816 
 
Net assets     

Beginning of period  6,755,579,729  4,900,913,913 
End of period  $5,697,176,362  $6,755,579,729 
 
Accumulated distributions in excess of net     
investment income  ($251,671)  ($244,828) 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust
Financial Highlights (For a share outstanding throughout the period)

Period ended       
  6-30-111  12-31-10  12-31-092 
Per share operating performance       

Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.01  $10.01  $10.00 
Net investment income3  0.01  0.03  0.02 
Net realized and unrealized gain on       
investments    4  0.01 
Total from investment operations  0.01  0.03  0.03 
 
Less distributions       
From net investment income  (0.01)  (0.03)  (0.02) 
Net asset value, end of period  $10.01  $10.01  $10.01 
 
Total return (%)  0.135  0.27  0.295 
 
Ratios and supplemental data       

Net assets, end of period (in millions)  $5,697  $6,756  $4,901 
Ratios (as a percentage of average net       
assets):       
Expenses  0.056  0.06  0.096 
Net investment income  0.276  0.27  0.296 
Portfolio turnover (%)7  69  153  51 

 

1 Semiannual period from 1-1-11 to 6-30-11. Unaudited.
2 Period from 6-1-09 (inception date) to 12-31-09.
3 Based on the average daily shares outstanding.
4 Less than ($0.005) per share.
5 Not annualized.
6 Annualized.
7 The calculation of portfolio turnover excludes amounts from all securities whose maturities or expiration dates at the time of acquisition were one year or less, which represents a significant amount of the investments held by the Fund.

See notes to financial statements

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John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust

Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

Note 1 — Organization

John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust (the Fund) is a Massachusetts business trust organized on May 19, 2009. The Fund is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The Fund is the successor to John Hancock Cash Investment Trust (CIT). Most of the current investors in the Fund are affiliated funds of John Hancock Mutual Funds family of funds. The Fund serves primarily as an investment vehicle for cash collateral received by such affiliated funds for securities lending.

The investment objective of the Fund is to maximize income, while maintaining adequate liquidity, safeguarding the return of principal and minimizing risk of default. The Fund invests only in U.S. dollar denominated securities rated within the two highest short-term credit categories and their unrated equivalents. The Fund is a floating net asset value (NAV) fund and its NAV may fluctuate.

Note 2 - Significant accounting policies

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Events or transactions occurring after the end of the fiscal period through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time. The Fund uses a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the pricing assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. Level 1 includes securities valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes securities valued using significant observable inputs. Observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk. Prices for securities valued using these inputs are received from independent pricing vendors and brokers and are based on an evaluation of the inputs described. Level 3 includes securities valued using significant unobservable inputs when market prices are not readily available or reliable, including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors used in determining value may include market or issuer specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

As of June 30, 2011, all investments are categorized as Level 2 under the hierarchy described above. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an

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assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. During the six month period ended June 30, 2011, there were no significant transfers in or out of Level 2 assets.

In order to value the securities, the Fund uses the following valuation techniques. Debt obligations, including short term debt investments, are valued based on the evaluated prices provided by an independent pricing service, which utilizes both dealer-supplied and electronic data processing techniques, taking into account factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data. Certain securities traded only in the over-the-counter market are valued at the last bid price quoted by brokers making markets in the securities at the close of trading. Certain short-term securities are valued at amortized cost. Debt obligations, for which there are no prices available from an independent pricing service, are valued based on broker quotes or fair valued as determined in good faith by the Fund’s Pricing Committee, following procedures established by the Board of Trustees.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In May 2011, Accounting Standards Update 2011-04 (ASU 2011-04), Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs, was issued and is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. ASU 2011-04 amends Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement. The amendments are the result of the work by the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board to develop common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with GAAP. Management is currently evaluating the application of ASU 2011-04 and its impact, if any, on the Fund’s financial statements.

Security transactions and related investment income. Investment security transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily net asset value calculations. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds from litigation. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization/accretion of premiums/discounts on debt securities. Debt obligations may be placed in a non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by stopping current accruals and writing off interest receivable when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful.

Expenses. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Federal income taxes. The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

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As of December 31, 2010, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, derecognition or disclosure. The Fund’s federal tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.

Distribution of income and gains. Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-date. The Fund generally declares dividends daily and pays them monthly. Capital gain distributions net of fee paid to the fund security lending agent, if any, are distributed annually.

Such distributions, on a tax basis, are determined in conformity with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The final determination of tax characteristics of the Fund's distribution will occur at the end of the year and will subsequently be reported to shareholders.

Capital accounts within financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences, if any, will reverse in a subsequent period.

Note 3 - Guarantees and indemnifications

Under the Fund’s organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Note 4 – Fees and transactions with affiliates

Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC (the Adviser) serves as investment adviser for the Fund. John Hancock Funds, LLC (the Placement Agent) performs services related to the offering and sale of shares of the Fund. The Adviser and the Placement Agent are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Manulife Financial Corporation.

Management fee. The Fund has an investment management contract with the Adviser. Under the investment management contract, the Fund pays a daily management fee to the Adviser equivalent, on an annual basis, to the sum of: (a) 0.05% of the first $1,500,000,000 of the Fund’s average daily net assets and (b) 0.03% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $1,500,000,000.

The investment management fees incurred for the six months ended June 30, 2011, were equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.034% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Administrative services. The Fund entered into an Administrative Services Agreement with John Hancock Advisers, LLC (JHA), an affiliate of the Adviser, under which JHA

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provides accounting, valuation, financial reporting and certain other services. As of June 30, 2011, the Fund pays such affiliate, monthly in arrears for these services at a rate of 0.02% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, up to a maximum of $300,000 annually. The administrative service fees incurred for the six month period ended June 30, 2011, were equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.004% of the Fund’s average daily net asset.

Chief Compliance Officer services. The Fund, as of June 30, 2011, has contracted with the Adviser’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to provide certain services, including ongoing evaluation of the Fund’s Federal Security Law policies and procedures. In addition, the CCO will provide annual reporting to the Board of Trustees detailing the results of this review. The Fund pays an annual flat rate of $35,000 to the Adviser, paid monthly in arrears, for these services.

Trustee expenses. The Fund compensates each Trustee who is not an employee of the Adviser or its affiliates.

Transfer agent fees. The Fund, as of June 30, 2011, has a transfer agent agreement with John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. (Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Adviser. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent monthly a fee which is based on an annual rate of $100,000. The Fund also pays certain out-of-pocket expenses.

Note 5 - Fund share transactions

Transactions in Fund shares for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the year ended December 31, 2010 were as follows:

  Six months ended  Year ended 
  6-30-11  12-31-10 
 
 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
Common shares         
Sold  2,152,951,633  $21,545,570,231  3,572,336,077  $35,754,481,630 
Repurchased  (2,258,771,358)  (22,604,616,340)  (3,386,873,227)  (33,897,946,563) 
Net increase (decrease)  (105,819,725)  ($1,059,046,109)  185,462,850  $1,856,535,067 

 

Note 6 - Purchase and sale of securities

Purchases and proceeds from sales or maturities of securities, other than short-term securities, during the six months ended June 30, 2011, aggregated $2,029,470,299 and $1,427,503,099, respectively.

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Evaluation of the Investment Management Contract by the Board of Trustees

This section describes the evaluation by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust (the “Trust”) of the Investment Management Contract (the “Management Contract”) between the Trust and Manulife Asset Management (U.S.), LLC (the “Adviser”) that took place at an in-person meeting of the Board of Trustees on January 20, 2011 (the “Meeting”).

Board Considerations

The Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered the continuance of the Management Contract. In considering of the continuance of the Management Contract, the Board considered the following factors:

The Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by the Adviser

The Board considered the high value to the Trust of its relationship with the Adviser, in particular noting the Adviser’s strong reputation in the asset management industry and the skills and competency with which the Adviser has managed the affairs of the Trust and other affiliated funds, together with the Adviser’s investment philosophy, research and investment decision-making process. The Board also particularly noted the experience and performance of the Adviser in managing the Trust, the qualifications of the Adviser’s personnel, the commitment of the Adviser and its personnel to the Trust’s continued successful operation and management and the Adviser’s ability to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel.

Additionally, the Board considered the Adviser’s compliance policies and procedures and the Adviser’s record of compliance with those policies and procedures, noting in particular the Adviser’s dedication to its compliance program, the lack of any material compliance incidents and the Adviser’s strong culture of compliance. The Board also considered the Adviser’s administrative capabilities and its demonstrated ability to supervise other service providers for the Trust and to draw upon its many and varied organizational resources and affiliated companies to enhance the services it provides to the Trust.

Advisory Fees, Expenses and Investment Performance of the Trust

The Board considered and received information regarding the advisory fees charged by the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Trust, including administrative fees, transfer agent fees, custodial fees and other miscellaneous fees and expenses. The Board also considered and received information regarding the Trust’s investment performance for the year ended December 31, 2010. The Board then reviewed and considered comparative advisory fee and performance information for a peer group of fifteen other funds that, like the Trust, are vehicles for the investment of cash collateral from securities lending programs (the “Peer Group”). The Board noted that no members of the Peer Group operated in a manner exactly like the Trust – i.e., as a 1940 Act-registered fund investing in money market instruments and maintaining a floating NAV – but that the members of the Peer Group were sufficiently comparable to the Trust for a meaningful analysis.

The Board noted that the Adviser charged the Trust an advisory fee of 0.05% of the Trust’s first $1.5 billion of average daily net assets and 0.03% of the Trust’s average daily net assets in

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excess of $1.5 billion. The Board recognized that, for the year ended December 31, 2010, this resulted in an effective advisory fee rate of 0.035% of the Trust’s average daily net assets. The Board compared this effective advisory fee rate to the Peer Group, and noted that it was on the low end of the advisory fee rates of the Peer Group, which ranged from no advisory fee to 0.21% of net assets, with a median advisory fee rate of 0.13% of net assets. The Board then further noted that the Trust’s net yield for the year ended December 31, 2010 was 0.27%, which was on the high end of the Peer Group, whose net yields ranged from 0.01% to 0.42%, with a median of 0.18%. There was then a discussion of the fees charged by the Adviser to other non-investment company clients for similar services. It was noted that the fees charged to the Trust compared favorably to the fees charged to such other clients.

Upon reviewing and considering the foregoing information and considering the overall expenses and performance of the Trust over various period and since its inception, the Board concluded that the Adviser’s performance was exemplary, and in particular noted the fact that the Trust achieved a high net yield relative to the Peer Group while the Adviser maintained a low rate of compensation relative to the Peer Group.

Economies of Scale

The Board received and considered general information regarding economies of scale with respect to the management of the Trust, including the Trust’s ability to appropriately benefit from economies of scale under the Trust’s fee structure, which included a breakpoint at $1.5 billion average daily net assets. The Board recognized the inherent limitations of any analysis of economies of scale, stemming largely from the Board’s understanding that most of the Adviser’s costs are not specific to individual funds, but rather are incurred across a variety of products and services and would generally stem from the Adviser’s common corporate ownership or shared services. To the extent the Board and the Adviser were able to identify actual or potential economies of scale, in order to ensure that any such economies continue to be reasonably shared with the Trust as its assets increase, the Adviser and the Board agreed to continue the existing breakpoints to the advisory fee rate.

Financial Condition and Profitability of, and Other Benefits to, the Adviser

The Board next received and considered information regarding the Adviser’s estimated net profit margin attributable to its management of the Trust, and noted that the Trust’s affiliated service providers were providing their services based upon estimated costs or for a nominal fee and such affiliated service providers, where applicable, reflected economies of scale in such fees. The Board also considered the Adviser’s views as to its projected profitability in connection with its relationship with the Trust in terms of the total amount of annual management fees it is projected to received with respect to the Trust and whether the Adviser has the financial ability to provide a high level of services to the Trust. The Board further considered the Adviser’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 and noted the Adviser’s strong capitalization and financial condition and considered favorably the Adviser’s representation that it sought to reinvest profits and retained earnings in its business.

The Board also received and considered information regarding any additional, indirect or “fall out” benefits to the Adviser as a result of its management of the Trust. The Board noted in particular that the Trust invests in fixed-income money market securities, which are generally

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traded in an over-the-counter market and are generally purchased from the issuer or a primary market maker acting as principal on a net basis with no stated brokerage commission paid by the Trust. The Board recognized that, in these markets, any commission or net markup (or markdown) was implied by the difference or “spread” between the price the dealer purchases the bond for and the price the dealer sells the bond at. In this regard, the Board considered the quality of the execution achieved for the Trust by the Adviser and noted its satisfaction with the Adviser’s performance.

Additionally, the Board considered the Adviser’s representations regarding the receipt of research and other brokerage services from broker-dealers in connection with trades made for the Trust and noted the Adviser’s representation that, due to the nature of the Trust’s investments, the Adviser does not receive research and other brokerage services in connection with trades made for the Trust’s account.

The Board also considered the various other service agreements that the Trust has with the Adviser’s affiliates, including the Service Agreement (for administrative services), the Placement Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement and the Chief Compliance Officer Services Agreement. The Board reviewed and considered the terms of each of these agreements and the services provided thereunder, together with the fees charged under these agreements. After reviewing these service arrangements, the Board concluded that each such service agreement was in the best interests of the Trust and its shareholders, that the services performed pursuant to each such service agreement are required for the operation of the Trust, that each such service provider provides services the nature and quality of which are at least equal to those provided by other unaffiliated service providers offering the same or similar services, and that the fees charged under each such service agreement are fair and reasonable in light of the usual and customary charges made by other unaffiliated service providers for services of the same nature and quality.

The Board then concluded that, in light of the costs of providing investment management and other services to the Trust, the profits and other ancillary benefits reported by the Adviser were not unreasonable.

Conclusion

The Board also generally took into account the level and quality of services that the Adviser is capable of providing, as well as the other factors considered, including all of the information presented at the previous meetings of the Trust.

As a result of the above considerations and discussion with management of the Adviser during the Meeting, the Board, though it did not identify one factor as controlling, concluded that: (i) the Adviser may reasonably be expected to perform its services under the Management Contract; (ii) although economies of scale cannot be measured with precision, the management fee breakpoint currently allows shareholders to benefit from economies of scale; and (iii) the Trust’s management fees are generally within a competitive range of those incurred by other comparable funds.

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More information   

 
 
 
 
Trustees  Investment adviser 
Harlan D. Platt*  Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC 
John A. Frabotta*   
Frank Saeli†   
*Member of the Audit Committee  Placement agent 
†Non-Independent Trustee  John Hancock Funds, LLC 
 
Officers  Custodian 
Barry H. Evans  State Street Bank and Trust Company 
President and Chief Executive Officer   
Carolyn M. Flanagan  Transfer agent 
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. 
William E. Corson   
Chief Compliance Officer  Legal counsel 
Charles A. Rizzo  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 
Chief Financial Officer   
Michael J. Leary  Independent registered public accounting firm 
Treasurer  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 
 
 
  The report is certified under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 
  which requires mutual funds and other public companies 
  to affirm that, to the best of their knowledge, the information 
  in their financial reports is fairly and accurately stated in 
  all material respects. 
 

 

The Fund’s complete list of portfolio holdings, for the first and third fiscal quarters, is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s Web site, www.sec.gov, and can be reviewed and copied (for a fee) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 to receive information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room.

 

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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

Not applicable at this time.

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable at this time.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable at this time.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable at this time.

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The registrant has adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees. A copy of the procedures is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR. See attached “John Hancock Funds – Governance Committee Charter”.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Based upon their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.



ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

(a) Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.

(b) Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached. The certifications furnished pursuant to this paragraph are not deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certifications are not deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates them by reference.

(c)(1) Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders is attached. See attached “John Hancock Funds – Governance Committee Charter”.

(c)(2) Contact person at the registrant.



SIGNATURES 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

John Hancock Collateral Investment Trust

By: /s/ Barry H. Evans
Barry H. Evans
President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 22, 2011

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /s/ Barry H. Evans
Barry H. Evans
President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 22, 2011

By: /s/ Charles A. Rizzo
Charles A. Rizzo
Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 22, 2011